Frye bills expands ocean mail subsidy terms and rates
Senator Frye introduces a four title ship subsidy bill altering ocean mail contracts to 15 years and adding a general subsidy for non mail vessels. It sets minimum tonnage and speeds, caps rail rates, requires American crews, and provides bounty for deep sea fishing.
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Washington
Frye
United States
West Indies
Central America
Mexico
Brst
Secretary of the Treasury
Philippines Tariff Bill Debated by House Republicans
Payne presents a brief bill applying the Dingley tariff to Philippine exports and enacting the Philippine tariff schedule for imports. Debate centers on reducing rates to 15 20 percent and whether to extend temporary duties to meet the Supreme Court decision. Secretary Root opposes a new tariff schedule.
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Washington
Dee
Payne
Ways and Means Committee
Philippines
Supreme Purt
Philippine Committee
Congress
Russell
Connecticut
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Sussell
Root
Supreme Court
War Department
Hoot
Edwards
Alef
Insular
Nar Department
Philippine Commission
Tariff debate nets no final action in committee
Representative Russell abandons a 15 percent preference proposal and the committee adjourns with no final action. The Taft tariff rates of November 15 are likely to apply to Philippine imports and Dingley rates to U S goods from the Philippines. A rebate proposal on internal revenue tax remains under discussion.
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Russell
Root
Philippines
United States
Batch of New Bills Relating to Navy and Nation
Washington December 9 Senator Hale introduced several bills on naval matters including compulsory attendance of civilian witnesses in naval courts martial and inquiries, equalizing navy officer pay with army and marine corps, authorizing general courts martial abroad, and increasing marine corps enlisted strength. Also proposed are lynching jurisdiction and death penalty, land grants for industrial institutions, bans on Chinese immigration, Alaska railroad rights and land grants, and Hawaii land code with eight hour postoffice workday.
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Washington
Hale
Army
Marine Corps
United States
Hea UN
Warren
Perkins
Teller
Territory
Alaska
Trans Alaskan Railroad Company
Mason
Territory of
Hawaii
Resolution proposes exile island for political criminals
Senator Hoar introduced a resolution urging the president to seek negotiations with civilized nations to establish a convention. The plan would set apart, after trials, a territory or island where persons guilty of attempts to overthrow governments or harming high officials could be transported and confined.
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Washington
Hoar
Trial over transfer fraud case involving Yellowstone Park Transport stock
E T Wilson receiver of Merchants National Bank won a verdict against L H Herschfield on charges that 1259 shares in Yellowstone Park Transportation were transferred to his wife to defraud creditors after bank closure. Herschfield may appeal to the supreme court if denied a new trial.
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Standard
Helena
E. T. Wilson
Merchants’ National Bank
L. H. Herschfield
Yellowstone Park Transportation Company
Herschfield
Wilson
Colonel Sanders
Herecfield
Supreme Court
Six Days Go as You Please Race Begins in Rochester
17 men start a six day go as you please footrace at Fire Hall in Rochester for world championship and half of gross receipts. Early scores show Golden 70.8 Fahey 67.3 Hegelman 65.8 J Hart 65 Herty 64.5, others varied as the clock runs to Saturday midnight.
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Rochester
N. Y
Firehugh Hall
M.daly
Lam
Golden
Fahey
Hegelman
J. Hart
Herty
Unknown
Martin
Loesiin
Moore
Guerrers
McGraw
Cartwright
Cooper
Clark
Lineham
Senate hears Hay Pauncefote canal treaty report
Senator Lodge presented the foreign relations committee report favoring the Hay Pauncefote treaty and said he would seek executive session tomorrow for consideration. The judiciary committee report recommending confirmation of Attorney General Knox was submitted but held over until tomorrow.
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Washington
Senator Lodge
Senate
Committee On Foreign Relations
Committee On Judiciary
Knox
Death of Col John Doniphan, long Missouri figure
St Joseph Missouri records report the death at his home this morning of Col John Doniphan a Mexican and Civil War hero and longtime Missouri figure born in Ohio in 1826 He was a prominent Odd Fellow of national renown and the first president of the Kansas City St Joseph and Council Bluffs railroad.
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St. Joseph
John Doniphan
Missouri
Colonel Doniphan
Ohio
Kansas City, St. Joseph and
Council Bluffs
Ralph J Long arrives after perilous 47 day voyage from Nome
The schooner Ralph J Long captained by M F Greene reached Port Townsend with 9 passengers and 15 stowaways after 47 days from Cape Nome. Severe gales and a drowning occurred after Nov 11, water ran out twice, and the crew and passengers survived by catching rain water for the final weeks.
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Port Townsend
Wash
Ralph J. Long
M. F. Greene
Cape Nome
Nome
Dutch Harbor
Mate Hanson
Rev. Hugh B. Kelly Dies in Somerville
The Rev. Hugh B. Kelly vicar general of the diocese of Ottumwa Iowa died at his sister’s home in Somerville after falling ill on a journey east. He was born in Somerville in 1866.
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Somerville
Mass
Hugh B. Kelly
Ottumwa
Iowa
Mr. Kelly
Pittsburg Attorney and Politician John Randolph Dies at 44
Pittsburg Kansas December 9 John Randolph aged 44 a leading attorney and politician in the state died here today He was formerly a well known educator and held important public roles within the state government and legal circles.
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Pittsburg
Kan
John Randolph
Helena Trial Opens Over Ten Thousand Dollar Coal Hole Injury
The case of Adam Geis vs Odd Fellows' association and city of Helena began in Judge Smith's court. Geis seeks $10,000 damages for alleged personal injuries from falling through a coal hole behind the Odd Fellows' building about two years ago.
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Standard
Helena
Adam Geis
Odd Fellows’ Association
Odd Fellows
Directors Pay Damages in Mullanphy Savings Suit
In St Louis circuit court Judge Douglass ruled against defunct Mullanphy Savings directors in a damages suit by the bank receiver ex Governor Stone. Judgments totaled amounts for J H Rothmann Henry Klagess Joseph Marks J H Johanning Casper Gestring Conrad Kellersmann and Charles Schumacher for various sums after findings of neglect of duty and mismanagement.
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St. Louis
Douglass
Mullanphy Savings Bank
Stone
J. H. Rothmann
Henry Klagess
Joseph Marks
J. H. Johanning
Casper Gestring
Conrad Kellersmann
Charles Schumacher
Indian liquor sale suspect pleads guilty in Helena
James ONeill indicted by the federal grand jury for selling liquor to Indians pleaded guilty today. Judge Knowles sentenced him to three months in the county jail and a $100 fine.
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Standard
Helena
James O'Neill
Knowles
Japan to Have a Credit Mobilier Announcement
Tokyo dispatch to the Times reports Japan plans a credit mobilier or similar financial arrangement. Details are sparse and timing unclear. The report follows broader moves toward expanded credit facilities and financial reforms in the region.
Penn swimmer Schaeffer lowers national marks at show
In Philadelphia on December 9 the AAU national championships preliminaries saw EK Carroll Schaeffer of the University of Pennsylvania lower the American records for 300 and 400 yards, surpassing his own previous marks.
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Philadelphia
Amateur Athletic Union
EK. Carroll Schaeffer
University of Pennsylvania
Nine of Them Committed in Alabama Shooting Case
Nine of the Negro defendants charged with shooting J. W. Dorsey and Town Marshal Atkinson at Opp were committed to jail without bail at Andalusia after a preliminary hearing. Troops were withdrawn from Andalusia today and the town remains quiet.
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Montgomery
Ala
J. W. Dorsey
Atkinson
Opp
Andalusia
Old Soldier Found Dead by Asphyxiation in Leavenworth
Leavenworth Kan Dec 9 James Mc Gill an old soldier was found dead in his rooming house at 3 PM cause of death asphyxiation reported by police.
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Leavenworth, Kan
James McGill
Japanese meeting to form credit mobilier with 1 million yen capital
The government convoked a meeting of commissioners to establish a credit mobiliar with capital of 1,000,000 yen. A guaranteed dividend of 5 percent is set for five years, providing a stable return.
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Anese
McKinley Memorial Shifts From Public Appeal to Congress
Washington notes the McKinley National Memorial Association will stop soliciting subscriptions for a Washington memorial arch. It aims to secure a congressional appropriation instead and plans to reincorporate. Contributions already received will be returned.
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Washington
William McKinley National Arch Association
Congress
Washingeton
Gage
Thomas i. Walsh
The
McKinley National Memorial Association
Canton
Wiliam McKinley
Six Day Bicycle Race Sees Falls and Crashes in New York
Six of fourteen teams at Madison Square Garden race reach 177 miles and 4 laps by 8 am as frequent changes lead to crashes. Walthour and McEachern surge to lap, Newkirk collides, Hall briefly unconscious, Babcock suffers scalp splinter. Freeman retires after 157 miles. Gougoltz and Smar clash. French team Simar and Gougoltg withdraw. Five thousand spectators attend the tonight event.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Walthour
McEachern
Newkirk
Twenty-seventh
Samuelson
McLean
Hall
Babcock
Freeman
Fisher
Chevellier
Munro
Mayo
Wilson
Butler
King
Lawson
Julius
Turville
McLaren
Frederick
Jaak
Laputre
Muller
Karnstadt
Franks
Gougoltz
Smar
West
Simar
Gougoltg
Seattle Man Fatally Scalded Aboard Sound Steamer
H W Gleason traveling agent for Bucklen Drug Co of Chicago and resident of San Francisco died after a cylinder head blew out in his stateroom on the Code. Steam and water entered the room and he died at Providence hospital. He leaves a wife and child in San Francisco.
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Seattle
Wash
H. W. Gleason
Bucklen Drug Company
Chicago
San Francisco
Gleason
Providence Hospital
Gamblers Bound Over for Court
Kalispell on December 9 gamblers arrested Saturday for violating the law were arraigned in a justice court, a waiver of examination granted, and bound over to the district court. It is expected the cases will be dropped as gambling has stopped.
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Standard
Kalispell
Rheumatism cured by S. S. S. declares grand blood medicine claim
An advertisement by The Swift Specific Company, Atlanta, promotes S. S. S. as a blood purifier that cures rheumatism by purifying the blood. It alleges prior doctors failed, contrasts with ineffective liniments and baths, and claims the product works even for inherited cases. The notice offers a free book and medical advice.
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S. S
SWIFT
Atlanta, GA
South Carolina Row Triggers Resignation Plan in Senate
The South Carolina member faced likely adoption of a resolution and planned to resign before the vote, prompting Speaker Blaine to declare the seat vacant. Senator Tillman and others debated floor privileges and elections while pressure built. the Senate then adjourned for a time at 2:55 p.m.
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South Carolina
Th c
House
Blaine
Horn
Tillman
Mr. Lodge
Senate
Execu
Ely
Governor Van Sant May Not Call Conference Yet
Kansied Minnesota Dec 9 Governor Van Sant has consulted with northwest governors on the railway merger and is not planning any conference at present. He has the machinery moving and within a week Attorney General Isouelass will file the railways case in court. No side issues or itineraries will be pursued until legal remedies are exhausted.
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Minneapolis
Minn
van Sent
Isouelass
Presen
Dunsmuir Mines Close Amid Labor Dispute Vancouver
Vancouver reports the Dunsmuir mines shut down today amid a dispute between Nanaimo Alexandra workers and mine owners. Alexandra, employing about 600 miners, is linked to other companies in a broader bid to federate unions. The lockout followed tensions over union federation and joint ownership among mines in the region.
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Vancouver
B. C
Nanaimo
Alexandra
Dunsests
Rine ' Ina
Dunsmor
Bozeman Weather Brings Heavy Snow and Cattle Theft Case
Bozeman report notes the heaviest snowfall in years with about 10 inches on the ground. Charles Parcher, charged with stealing cattle and a horse from Del Gray, was bound over to district court with a $1,000 bond. Charles Collett, accused as an accomplice, was released.
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Bozeman
Charles Parcher
del Gray
Charles Collett
Parcher
Will Plead To-Day In Bridger Murder Case
Andrew Filant, accused of murdering Dave Davidson in Bridger on Thanksgiving night, was arraigned before Judge Henry and given until tomorrow to plead. Fox and Vox are associate counsel to assist County Attorney Caswell. the defense will be led by C. L. Merrill and G. W. Pierson.
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Standard Red Lodge
Andrew Filant
Dave Davidson
Henry
Bridger
Fox & Vox
Caswell
Cc. L. Merrill
G. W. Pierson
Senator Clark seeks raise for Butte public building project
Washington dispatch notes Senator Clark introduced a bill to increase the Butte public building cost by 1,000. The postmaster general awaits a Helena mail contract to J. Auld at 2,179 and John E. Moran of Great Falls drawn at 10 per month.
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Standard
Washington
Clark
Butte
Helena
J. ©. Auld
John E.moran
Great Falls
Judge Rules in Favor of Oscar Herman in Horse Death Case
Helena December 9 special dispatch reports Judge Clements granted judgment to Oscar Herman against Montana Central Railway for $1 after the complaint failed to state facts constituting action for the value of a horse killed by a train near Must Helena.
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Helena
Clements
Oscar Herman
Montana Central Railway
Must Helena
Kimber Murder Trial Begins Amid Panel Fatigue
Kimber appeared in good health and not worried about the trial outcome as jury panel exhaustion prompted a new panel to be drawn tomorrow. Jurors from Helena and the local city were identified, with J. H. Shober among those listed.
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Townsend
Kimber
J. H. Shober
Helena
City Council Bans Private Wine Rooms Citywide
Chicago moves to end private wine rooms in saloons restaurants and hotels with an ordinance passed by the city council. Mayor Hareleor said he would sign the measure tomorrow.
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Chicago
Hareleor
Bowling Team Sets World Record Average in Chicago
New Bowling Rec... Chicago December 9 The Toretto bowling team tonight establishes a world record average for threes in competition with a marked score of 1035 1-3.
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Chicago
Toretto
Amy
Austrian Premier Warns of Constitutional Suspension
Vienna December 9. Dr Van Koen Austrian premier created a sensation in the reichsrat with remarks that practically threaten to suspend the constitution. He spoke in a tense and alarming tone prompting strong reactions from lawmakers.
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Vienna
van Koen
Reichrath
State Leader Urges Quick Action to Preserve Government
A political figure warned that prolonged obstruction could force a constitutional change and dissolve the house would fail to meet the crisis. He urged the government to act to save the state amid the ongoing stalemate.
Beeward Wood Store Robbery Ends in Robber's Death
Last night the Beéward Wood general store at Galena was robbed of merchandise and $40. Sheriff Doten and Deputy Patterson pursued the culprits, a fight followed, one robber was killed and the driver wounded. the third robber was captured. Officers were unharmed.
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Leod
S. D
Beéward Wood
Galena
Doten
Deadwool
Patrick Patterson
Minister Shot in Pulpit by Accused Girl Anna Nelson
Rev A A Johnson pastor of the African M church in Ikaloosa was shot and seriously wounded in his pulpit last night by Anna Nelson a colored girl who claims the minister wronged her.
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Ikaloosa
Towa
Der
A. A. Johnson
M. i
Anna Nelson
Pettigrew Relative Found Likely Recovering
Fred D. Pet Lerew, brother of ex Senator Pettigrew, was found near a road at Sioux Falls, D. last night and may recover. It is believed he was injured while trying to stop a runaway team.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Fred D. Pet. Lerew
Pettigrew
Sioux Falls
Hair concerns and bogus restoratives warned by Dr Lewis
A jenethy article in the American Journal of Health quotes Dr Lewis warning that hair deterioration causes worry and that many false restoratives deceive bald men. He cites Newhro's Herolcide as a rare example claiming to fill gaps by destroying the parasite at hair roots.
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Ia. R. Lewis
M. D
American Journal of Health
Newhro
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Mclaughlin
Columbia
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Spaulding & CO
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Savage
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Smith & Wesson’s
Anaconda Copper Mining Co
Butte, Mont
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